THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI CRIMINAL PETITION NOs.7720 AND 7882 of 2024

COMMON ORDER

These criminal petitions are filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for brevity, "CrPC"), seeking quashment of the proceedings in Crime No. 722 of 2024 registered at Meerpet Police Station, under the jurisdiction of the Rachakonda Commissionerate.

2. I have heard Mr. Jogram Tejavath, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent No.1-State and Mr. Nimma Narayana, learned counsel for the respondent No.2.

3. Criminal Petition No. 7720 of 2024 has been filed by Accused No. 1, while Criminal Petition No. 7882 of 2024 has been filed by Accused No. 2. As both petitions arise out of the same criminal proceedings and involve common questions of fact and law, they are heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

4. The respondent No.2 is the de facto complainant, in the underlying criminal case. For the sake of convenience and clarity, the petitioners are hereinafter referred to as ‘the Accused No.1’ and ‘the Accused No. 2’.

5(a). The respondent No.2 (hereinafter "the co